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Peter B. Howard by Sheila Newbery Peter B. Howard, the owner of Serendipity Books, has been collecting antique tomes for 47 years and the results of his diligence can be seen in the stacks and stacks …

The Great American Song Book is populated by noted composers like Irving Berlin and George Gershwin. But how many people are aware of Doris Fisher, Kay Swift, Dorothy Fields, or Dana Suesse? They were …

The names Warren Hellman and Arthur Rock are usually associated with top-flight business deals. Hellman’s private equity firm has had stakes in Levi Strauss, DoubleClick, Getty Images, and NASDAQ. (He …